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SUPPORT ME! https://patreon.com/Knowwaynohow In this video, we explore how China's firewall plays a crucial role in shaping the country’s digital landscape, preventing foreign intervention, and maintaining national security. While often criticized in the West, the firewall provides China with the ability to control information flow, shield its population from foreign influence, and protect domestic media. This strategic tool helps safeguard Chinese tech companies and supports the growth of local innovations, free from foreign interference. By preventing access to potentially harmful or disruptive external content, China's firewall contributes to a stable cyber environment, enabling the country to control its digital sovereignty. Learn how this approach not only strengthens China's media landscape but also fosters a sense of national unity by limiting outside influence, making it a critical element in China's strategic policies. Watch now to understand why the Chinese firewall is more than just a barrier—it’s a calculated move for information control and cybersecurity in a world increasingly defined by digital influence. 00:00 INTRO 01:57 Historical context 05:44 Supposedly Limits China to the world 14:02 Censorship 16:57 Tiananmen Square 21:45 Whole Process People's Democracy 28:17 Lack of Toxicity 29:34 Lack of Disinformation 31:38 Strategic Benefits 34:27 Tally up Sources: Meta censorship: https://www.hrw.org/report/2023/12/21/metas-broken-promises/systemic-censorship-palestine-content-instagram-and Twitter censorship: https://qz.com/elon-musk-x-twitter-transparency-brazil-turkey-tesla-1851656960 Google leaves China: https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2016/01/why-google-quit-china-and-why-its-heading-back/424482/ Foreign intervention: https://apnews.com/article/technology-cuba-united-states-government-904a9a6a1bcd46cebfc14bea2ee30fdf https://www.reuters.com/article/technology/twitter-delays-down-time-to-aid-iranian-protesters-idUSTRE55F495/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/us-secretly-backed-syrian-opposition-groups-cables-released-by-wikileaks-show/2011/04/14/AF1p9hwD_story.html Ukraine: https://jacobin.com/2022/02/maidan-protests-neo-nazis-russia-nato-crimea Romania: https://www.leefang.com/p/ngos-backing-judicial-coup-in-romania Georgia: https://x.com/RnaudBertrand/status/1795638929837961462 https://x.com/RnaudBertrand/status/1794056909672362191 https://x.com/sopjap/status/1886351945083785418 Regime Change: https://global.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202205/08/WS6277847fa310fd2b29e5b4c2.html American free speech censorship: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/mar/15/mahmoud-khalil-free-speech-civil-liberties?utm_source=chatgpt.com Billionaires owning the news: https://www.forbes.com/sites/katevinton/2016/06/01/these-15-billionaires-own-americas-news-media-companies/ https://debatingmatters.com/topic/billionaires-owning-media-companies-is-bad-for-democracy/ https://www.theguardian.com/news/2022/may/03/billionaires-extra-power-media-ownership-elon-musk https://www.theguardian.com/media/2025/mar/10/washington-post-ruth-marcus-resigns Censorship on X https://www.theverge.com/2024/9/4/24235213/x-brazil-suppression-speech-elon-musk-india-turkey https://apnews.com/article/elon-musk-x-influence-uk-us-politics-48cc1870cbdb5df03829f5ab303b579d https://time.com/6229960/twitter-bans-accounts-elon-musk-impersonators/ Deaths as a result from US https://www.globalresearch.ca/u-s-regime-has-killed-20-30-million-people-since-world-war-ii/5633111 Japan https://foreignpolicy.com/2005/08/01/think-again-japanese-textbooks/ https://www.reuters.com/article/world/japans-yasukuni-shrine-a-symbol-of-haunting-wartime-legacy-idUSKCN25003Z/ US is not a democracy https://www.princeton.edu/~mgilens/Gilens%20homepage%20materials/Inequality%20and%20Democratic%20Resp/Gilens%202005 https://act.represent.us/sign/the-problem-tmp https://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-echochambers-27074746 UK arrests for zoom call https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/jul/19/protest-democracy-labour-tories-laws China whole process people's democracy” https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202403/1308491.shtml Chinese democratic perception https://www.allianceofdemocracies.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/DPI-2024.pdf Chinese satisfaction with their government https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2020/07/long-term-survey-reveals-chinese-government-satisfaction/ Chinese polling of its people https://bigdatachina.csis.org/governance-by-data-how-chinas-party-state-keeps-its-pulse-on-the-people/ 12345 https://x.com/RnaudBertrand/status/1869971055206658177 https://www.bernama.com/en/news.php?id=2374971 https://english.news.cn/20241221/3c3b96bcf7bd43e7b417ef4fd123e0f2/c.html https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/14/16/9986 State department and Intelligence working directly with US big tech https://www.cbsnews.com/news/social-media-is-a-tool-of-the-cia-seriously/?utm_